Friday, 13 February 2015

ARTastic TIPS & TRICKS & Guesting over at SKETCHY BOARDS...

Hey there, fellow paper enthusiasts! It's my turn to share with you a little something over at our ARTastic blog this month. So, in the spirit of recycling, I thought I'd show you some cards where I've used up PACKAGING.
So pop on over HERE if you'd like to see more:)

Meanwhile.....

I must say, I'm REALLY excited to be Guest Designing for SKETCHY BOARDS this month! They are a FB based challenge HERE who also run a blog HERE.

The challenge this month is the following sketch & colour board:

I
fell in serious love with that sketch straight off....& the
purples, despite my overcoming them, still make my heart stutter for a
sec or two!

I had a
series of photos of Lucas that I wanted to scrap - luckily I was able to
cut them down to size. This is one of those pages that I found easy to
do. LOOOVE those ones!

I used washi behind the photos....plus added some little splots and splats & some stamping...

Oh! He does LOVE a 'fluffy' when I'm having a coffee! I've used these Dusty Attic arrows [painted with DA paint] to lead the eye from photo to photo. Dolly B - do you recognise that frame around the bottom right photo? Worked a treat to make the last photo 'pop' a little!

To get the circle element, I traced with pencil around a plate, then randomly stitched.

The 'love' sticker actually came from a prize pack when I won a SKETCHY BOARDS challenge last year!

So did the metal flower below. But I altered it a bit...

...by heat embossing it with white! Worked a treat:) Of COURSE I had to add some flair [winks!!]

Because
I added a 4th photo instead of the journaling, I did mine around the
circle. I would HIGHLY recommend this challenge... it really was a joy
to do:):)

Totally DIG this page! It's well....it's FLUFFY pretty and we all know that is the best part of any coffee! Super duper cool! Thanks for sharing it with us and this awesome challenge! Hugs there girlie!

I loved your tips for up cycling of scrap stuffs... and I do love this layout.. love the circle stitching on the back ground and the arrows do make my eyes go around the photos and look at the delightful concentration on Lucas face! and I hope you had a great friday baby sitting today too! Have a fabulous weekend!

Lizzy this is fabulous and the tips for recycling are fabulous. Love the colours and you are rocking the purple... see it really is not so bad... :P He is a cutie. I love the circles around the layout and that is one fab sketch. Maybe if I get some time to play along. x

Hello Lizzy - thank you for the Valentine postcard. I have never been to Paris, or any part of France, but seeing the street scene on the card, it looks so inviting, a place to wander. Also thanks for sending some sunshine, it is VERY cold, today (15th) we are setting all kinds of records in the area; south west Ontario, we woke to -27 (c) & with the wind chill it is about -42 (c) but there is lots of glorious sunshine.